Health Quotes

Body and mind. These quotes explore wellness, resilience, and what it means to truly thrive.

13072 quotes

K
"To move toward health, we must move toward truth, not away from pain."
Karen Horney
K
"We create mental illness through the gap between our real and idealized self."
Karen Horney
K
"To heal is to become willing to disappoint the version of ourselves we created."
Karen Horney
D
"The mind and body are not separate; psychosomatic integration is fundamental to wellbeing."
D.W. Winnicott
D
"The psyche dwells in the body in a way that requires our attention and respect."
D.W. Winnicott
P
"Healing comes from restoring relationships"
Pierre Clastres
P
"Disease is rupture in the social fabric"
Pierre Clastres
P
"The shaman heals by reconnecting the individual to the community."
Pierre Clastres
V
"Healing requires ritual participation."
Victor Turner
P
"Health is balance; illness is imbalance; we have forgotten how to listen to our bodies."
Pierre Clastres
P
"Health is not merely absence of disease but presence of vitality."
Pierre Clastres
G
"Health is a matter of balance"
Gregory Bateson
G
"Addiction is the failure of feedback mechanisms"
Gregory Bateson
A
"The health of a society can be measured by how well it provides for the well-being of its members."
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
A
"Health of a society reflects its values."
Alfred Kroeber
A
"Health of mind requires understanding of culture."
Alfred Kroeber
G
"Pathology arises when feedback is severed or distorted."
Gregory Bateson
G
"Healing comes through reconnection to the whole."
Gregory Bateson
O
"Health is the foundation of all happiness."
Oswald Spengler
O
"Health is wealth beyond measure."
Oswald Spengler
G
"Healing happens when connection is restored."
Gregory Bateson
G
"To heal is to restore the proper flow of information through broken systems."
Gregory Bateson
B
"Health is not merely the absence of disease but a state of social and spiritual well-being."
Bronislaw Malinowski
A
"A person is as healthy as the thoughts they think."
Arnold Toynbee
A
"The health of a society depends on the successful transmission of culture."
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
C
"Health is the foundation of all happiness."
Christopher Dawson
C
"Health is wealth that no currency can buy."
Christopher Dawson
M
"Health is not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete well-being."
Margaret Mead
M
"Health is the foundation upon which all other achievements are built."
Margaret Mead
B
"Health of mind depends upon understanding our place within the larger social fabric."
Bronislaw Malinowski